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how to make dropdown control can be edit
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dwarfthrower
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This question looks a little neglected. The short answer is - you can't. However - never let the limitations of one control dictate what you do with your site.
You can have both a plain text input field and the drop-down box positioned such that it is fairly obvious to the user that if they wish to enter a different value, they put it in the textbox (perhaps have an 'Other...' option in the drop-down which would then set the text box to enabled/visible)
You can then use javascript to set the value of a hidden field based on the contents of the two controls. Ie if the value of the dropdown is 'Other...' use whatever is in the text-box, otherwise use what is selected in the drop-down.
Hope this gives you something to work with.
You can have both a plain text input field and the drop-down box positioned such that it is fairly obvious to the user that if they wish to enter a different value, they put it in the textbox (perhaps have an 'Other...' option in the drop-down which would then set the text box to enabled/visible)
You can then use javascript to set the value of a hidden field based on the contents of the two controls. Ie if the value of the dropdown is 'Other...' use whatever is in the text-box, otherwise use what is selected in the drop-down.
Hope this gives you something to work with.
In c++ and VB it's called a combo box. Unfortunately you don't get them in HTML.
What you could do is have a textbox with an image of the dropdown arrow next to it (or a button with ' v ' on it).
Then when the button is clicked show a menu on a layer. when a value on the layer is clicked use a function to put the value into the textbox.
I was going to make one a while ago but decided it wasn't worth it.
A common programming error:
if (!IknowHow) {answer="can't be done"}
What you could do is have a textbox with an image of the dropdown arrow next to it (or a button with ' v ' on it).
Then when the button is clicked show a menu on a layer. when a value on the layer is clicked use a function to put the value into the textbox.
I was going to make one a while ago but decided it wasn't worth it.
A common programming error:
if (!IknowHow) {answer="can't be done"}
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